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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LE MEE, OF YFFINIAO, FRANCE.

'A PPARATUS FOR MIXING MEAL OR FLOUR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,716, dated October 16, 1883.

Application filed December 9, 1881. (No model.) Patented in France July 4, 1881, No. 143,751 in England September 30, 1881, No. 4,237; in Belgium September 30, 1881, No. 55,866; in Austria October 1, 1881, No. 32,557; in Spain Octoberfi, 1881, No. 1,922; in Luxemburg October 14, 1881; in Italy October 20, 1881, No. 13,457; in Sweden December 28, 1881; in Denmark January 14, 1882, No. 2,345; in Germany June 25, 1882,10. 18,334, and in Norway August 14, 1882; I

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Ln Mi in, a citizen of the French Republic, and residing at Yffiniac, in the department of Cotes-du- Nord, France, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Mixing Meal or Flour, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in England, No. 4,237,dated September 30, 1881; France, No. 143,751, dated July 4, 1881; Belgium, No. 55,866, dated September 30, 1881; Austria, No. 32,557, dated October 1, 1881; Spain, No. 1,922, dated October 5, 1.881; Luxemburg, dated ,October 14, 1881; Italy, No. 13,457, dated October 20, 1881; Sweden, dated December 28, 1881; Denmark, No. 2,345, dated January 14, 1882; Germany, No. 18,334, dated June 25,1882, and Norway, dated August 1.4, 1882,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for mixing meals or flours.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of an improved mixing-machine; Fig. 2, a crossan endless helix, 0, revolving in thesaidchan- 0 nel, and thereby transporting the flour re ceived from the distributingchambers; apair (or other suitable number) of helices, cl d, mounted on the extremity of the screw shaft, and revolving in a chamber, k, for the purpose of delivering the flour regularly into hoppers or other receptacles, f'f, and preventing the choking of the screw.

The driving and controlling mechanism is as follows The distributors are driven by bevelwheels mounted 011 a horizontal shaft, 71, the outer end of which carries a pulley, Z, driven by a belt, on, from the pulley I, mounted on the. main shaft. The belt can be tightened by means of a friction-pulley, e, mounted on nates near the hoppersf f, so to be within easy reach of the attendant. The helix 0 is driven from avertical shaft outside the casing by means of a pair of bevel-wheels, as shown in the drawings, Fig. 1.

\Vhat I claim as myinventionis 6 5 In a machine for mixing flour, the combina; tion of the rakes a, mixing-chambers, distributers b, distributingchambers, endless helix 0, its channel, the delivery-helices (Z and their chambers, all substantially as described and illustrated, and for the purposes set forth.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of September, 1881, I

LE MEE, CHAS. Vitnesses LEON Sonurrrnonn, L. D. GONNAINTE. 

